Here is a list of first Black Southern mayors:
- Pierre Caliste Landry (1869, Donaldsonville, LA)
- Stephen Atkins Swails (1869 Kingstree SC)
- Robert H. Wood (1870 Natchez MS)
- Howard Nathaniel Lee (1968 Chapel Hill NC)
- Charles Evers (1969 Fayette MS)
- James R. Ford (1972 Tallahassee FL)
- Clarence Lightner (1973 Raleigh NC)
- Richmond Hill (1973 Greenville GA)
- Maynard Jackson (1973, Atlanta GA)
- Lelia Foley (1973 Taft OK)
- Oscar Du Conge (1974 Waco TX)
- Henry L. Marsh (1977 Richmond VA)
- Ernest “Dutch” Morial (1978 New Orleans LA)
- Richard Arrington Jr (1979 Birmingham AL)
- Charles Bussey (1981 Little Rock AR)
- Ed McIntyre (1981 Augusta GA)
- J.O. Patterson (1982 Memphis TN)
- Harvey Gantt (1983 Charlotte NC)
- James W. Holley (1984 Portsmouth VA)
- Jessie M. Rattley (1986 Newport News VA)
- Robert T. Tobin (1989 Minden LA)
- Lee Morgan (1990 New Bern NC)
- MW Thornhill Jr (1990 Lynchburg VA)
- Ron Kirk (1995 Dallas TX)
- Floyd Adams Jr (1995 Savannah GA)
- Abe Pierce III 1996 Monroe LA)
- Harvey Johnson Jr (1997 Jackson MS)
- Lee P. Brown (1997 Houston TX)
- R. C. Horn (1998 Jasper TX)
- Curtis West Harris (1998 Hopewell, VA)
- Clarence R. Fields (1999 Pineville LA)
- C. Jack Ellis (1999 Macon GA)
- James Perkins, Jr. (2000 Selma AL)
- Johnny DuPree (2001 Hattieburg MS)
- Marshall Pitts Jr. (2001 Fayetteville NC)
- Yvonne Brown (2001 Thcula MS)
- Kip Holden (2004 Baton Rouge LA)
- Carl A. Redus Jr. (2004 Pine Bluff AR)
- Sam Jones (2005 Mobile AL)
- Terry Bellamy (2005 Asheville NC)
- Sheriel F. Perkins (2005 Greenwood MS)
- Cedric Glover (2006 Shereveport LA)
- Terence Roberts (2006 Anderson SC)
- Timothy Hancock (2006 Killeen TX)
- Yvonne Johnson (2007 Greensboro NC)
- Marcus Knight (2008 Lancaster TX)
- James Young (2009 Philadelphia MS)
- Stephen K. Benjamin (2010 Columbia SC)
- Alvin Brown (2011 Jacksonville FL)
- Daniel Brown (2011 Knoxville TN)
- Louvenia Diane Lumpkin (2011 Orrville AL)
- Eddie Lowe (2012 Phenix City AL)
- Harry LaRosilliere (2013 Plano TX)
- Percy Bland (2013 Meridian MS)
- Cornell Harvey 2014 Brunswick GA)
- Ivy Taylor (2014 San Antonio TX)
- Mary Moore (2015 Pearsall TX)
- Barbara Blain-Bellamy (Conway SC)
- Rufus L Davis II (Camilla GA)
- Jo Ann Bennett Grimsley (2016 Midland City AL)
- Kenneth Alexander (2016 Norfolk VA)
- Brenda Davis (2017 Stamps AR)
- James Nowlin (2018 Brookneal VA)
- Steven Reed (2019 Montgomery AL)
- Timothy Ragland (2019 Talladega AL)
Notable Southern cities which have not had a Black mayor:
- Nashville TN
- Huntsville AL
- Dothan AL
- Valdosta GA (interim mayor Sonny Vickers served for three months in 2011)
- Charleston SC
- Athens GA
- Columbus GA (interim mayor AJ McClung served for a short time)
- Austin TX
- Chattanooga TN
- Greenville SC
- Wilmington NC
- Winston-Salem NC
- Biloxi MS
- Corpus Christi TX
